It's fun and easy to make homemade rockyroad in the crockpot slow cooker. Rocky Road is pretty much my favorite candy, ever, and I like that this isn't waxy in any way -- the chocolate melts nice and evenly in the crockpot and tastes perfect!

Day 44.

psst. Tomorrow's Valentine's Day. I know, I can't believe it either. You still have time. Lots of time. In fact, you can make 4-5 whole entire batches of CrockPot Rocky Road Candy between now and tomorrow because it is so incredibly easy and it only takes 1 hour to do each batch.

Melting chocolate in the crockpot is fool-proof.

Unless you are truly a fool. Then you might be out of luck.

;-)

But for us ordinary folk who might be chocolate-melting impaired, nothing can beat melting chocolate in the crockpot.

Use a 4-quart slow cooker. Pour the chocolate chips into your stoneware.Cover and cook on high for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes or so.

While chocolate is melting, line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or nonstick foil.

When chocolate is all melty, stir in a bunch of marshmallows ---probably not the whole entire bag -- eyeball it. I used at least half a bag. Mix with a big spoon and add chopped walnuts (or whatever nuts you prefer).

Remove stoneware from heating element.

Use two spoons and drop mounds of chocolate-marshmallow-nut gooeyness onto the Release foil.

Place cookie sheets into the refrigerator to cool and harden.

Once cool, you can place the candy into those cute little cellophane bags and tie with a pretty ribbon.

lol on the calories, penguin! If it isn't labeled, it doesn't count, right? ;-)

hi maria, Release is a brand name by Reynold's. It is a treated foil that won't let anything stick to it. If I didn't have that on hand, I'd try parchment paper. I have bad luck with wax paper and stuff sticking.xoxsteph

You have inspired me. I've cooked crockpot meals two days in a row now. It's so easy I can't stand it. And I LOVE smelling the yummy food cook all day! Yesterday I did navajo beef chile and today, pineapple chicken. (The chile was ok--too many onions for our taste, but it tasted similar to our favorite taco soup recipe. I'm sure the chicken will be fabulous--cooking it in pineapple, dijon mustard, soy sauce and some other yummy spices. Will return and report.) PS: you're awesome. =)

WOW!! I am so going to make these with almonds, marshmellows and raisins!! Thank you!! I also must eat gluten free, and I love all your recipes!! I have made several of them!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!

I've made these twice this week with different ingredients and both times my marshmallows melted into the chocolate and didn't stay all pretty and marshmallowy (like yours in the picture) even when I tried to work more quickly. While they still TASTE delicious, they sure don't LOOK as lovely and giftable as yours. I could keep experimenting but since I am "forced" to eat my mistakes, that may not be my wisest move. Any advice?Thanks from a new fan (-:

oh no! When you check after 30 minutes, give a stir. Even if the chocolate chips still have their shape, they might have begun to melt. If so, stir well, take off heat, and add marshmallows and nuts. Stir just to coat the marshmallows and nuts.

Well, chocolates don't look as pretty as yours do but they are tasty. This is for the VD dinner I am making for my honey. It is also the second recipe from your blog in as many days. Love the Blog and your creativity. The Creme Brulle is next!

I think the secret to "pretty" chocolates is to get the crock out of the heating element immediately. I have one of those old fashioned ones that doesn't separate, so I scooped my chocolate mixture into a bowl right away and then added my marshmallows and nuts to it. They turned out exactly as advertised! LOVE THEM! Thanks bunches!

I "needed" some chocolate earlier so I whipped up a batch of these. They were really easy to make and pretty tasty - but I might add a bit of peanut butter, or maybe a bit of vanilla to the melting chocolate next time.

I used to do something like this on the stove which was risky. So I'm happy to see it can be done in the slow cooker. My "recipe" was chocolate chips melted and then add whatever you want (such as dried fruit, nuts, trail mix) until it looks like some kind of candy thing. :D Then I poured it into an aluminum foil lined small baking pan and let it harden. It's not much work to either break it up with a hammer or cut it into polite squares with a serrated knife.

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